From Popbitch:
Tom Chaplin from Keane, on the train going to his parents’ house last weekend, drinking Ribena, doing the Daily Telegraph Book of Sudoku. Rock’n roll.
And where does that elusive 9 go? Somewhere only we knooooow…
There’s a lot been written recently about flat tax proposals. Too often flat tax options have been deliberately muddled with tax cutting. It would be possible to introduce a flat tax at a sufficiently high rate that the total income tax take remains as it is now, but many of those proposing flat taxes sneak tax cuts in at the same time, muddying the issue.
The Tory Cornerstone Group, though, are fans of tax cutting and make it clear that their flat tax would cut taxes, helping "millions of low-paid workers and pensioners."
They propose a £10,000 personal allowance and a 22% overall rate. That’s the same as the current basic rate, so let’s guess who would benefit most from this. Is it "millions of low-paid workers"? Or is it folk who currently paying top rate tax? Is it possible that those getting the greatest tax savings would be the very richest? Here’s a rough graph to give you a clue.
Can you tell who it is yet?
A particularly good episode of Lost (”Raised by Another”) on E4 last night. Lot’s of spooky an exciting bits.
Signal fault brings train chaos
Rail services into and out of Edinburgh have been slowly resuming following an early morning signalling failure which hit rush hour trains.
The fault near Haymarket station in the capital brought trains to a standstill with thousands of commuters affected.
I resorted to a bus journey in the end, which took 1 hour 42 minutes. It took a circuitous route through various towns - I got off less than 40 miles from where I boarded. I arrived at my desk three hours after leaving the house.
To put that in perspective: I could have been in London via aeroplane in the same amount of time.
A former Labour MP who failed to appear at court accused of failing to pay her debts has been arrested in London. Jane Griffiths was due to appear before Reading County Court on 19 September.It’s a shame the old Guardian Diary has gone. They’d've loved this.
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